ReviewSet in the world of Middle Earth this detailed one player fighting/strategy game follows the story of the Tolkiens The Hobbit novel and is best suited for children ages 10 and up. Players steer Bilbo Baggins through places like Mirkwood Forest and Lonely Mountain battling trolls and collecting gems for courage and health. The graphics are cartoony (like Zelda) but this doesnt take away from the game. We tested the Game Cube version and found it to be very rich with eleven different areas to explore. Strengths include a design that is really easy to either zoom through or take more time and explore. For example in the first level all you need to do is fix a bridge and find a walking stick and youre done. But you can take much more time and explore if you want to. The only thing wed fix is to add a running mode -- Bilbo is a little slow at times and our 16 year old seasoned tester found some of the puzzles really tough. One maze of islands that requires specially timed jumps stood out as being frustratingly hard. The bottom line? Buy it if youre at all interested in The Hobbit book.unique design 2001 Childrens Software Revue -- From Childrens Software ReviewProduct DescriptionPlay as Bilbo Baggins in a third-person adventure based loosely on the J.R.R. Tolkien novel The Hobbit. Featuring an intriguing storyline it sends players to classic locales from the book in addition to a few completely new areas designed specifically for the game.Reenact all your favorite scenarios including the meeting of Gandalf and the dwarves the shadowy encounter with the hungry and insane Gollum and the adventure theme with the dragon Smaug. Use the power of the infamous ring to become invisible and sneak past enemies and fight baddies with various tools such as a walking stick launching stones and the magical decorative item Sting.
